Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

... · Jul 19, 2021

Is the war front meddle increase not all that cool?

I like the 3x alliance raids but if that is the non repeated part that won't help me heh

Merrith · Jul 19, 2021

... said:
Is the war front meddle increase not all that cool?

I like the 3x alliance raids but if that is the non repeated part that won't help me heh

Mettle increase is nice for people that haven't started yet I guess.

Byr · Jul 19, 2021

... said:
Is the war front meddle increase not all that cool?

I like the 3x alliance raids but if that is the non repeated part that won't help me heh

The mettle change is alright but mostly because the difference between Bozja and Zadnor was so jarring. You'd go from getting 60kish mettle for a CE to 300k in Zadnor.

Folanlron · Jul 20, 2021

And in zone 3 of Zadnor with mettle buff from watching a Duel you could average 1mill+ mettle a CE(it's crazy how fast it piles up when grinding out honors)

I'm curious on New servers though... will Ishguard be finished ? or will they just set the server to "just starting" for the restoration..

Malkav · Jul 20, 2021

Morrow said:
Is it common to have non sprouts in Dungeon roulette that only do 1 pack at a time, even in easy dungeons? Because it has been happening to me constantly. It gets so bad I'll go pull extra as the healer, because I know I can handle it, even if the tank doesn't grab them, but a good portion of the time the tank will throw a hissy fit about it. And then on my tank runs, I find people just so incredibly slow. Level 50 or lower dungeon; Scholar; tank doesn't want to go more than 1 pack, MAYBE 2 at a time. It's like, okay, well I'm just gonna afk /follow you than because my fairy can handle it. It's so damn boring. It's not even about being super fast and efficient, it's just boring as fuck 1 pack at a time, but I seem to be in the minority in feeling that way in most of my dungeons. Do people not enjoy seeing their AoE ability kablam 10 mobs? Because it's the best.

Have been enjoying my AST a bit more at least, now that I have more abilities. It's particularly fun when I do actually get a tank that wants to pull to our actual capabilities and I have to blast everything but I also want to keep my cards goin and do as much damage as possible. Unfortunately those runs are rare, and usually it's 1 heal cast per 15 damage spell casts.

You will soon start to get surprised at how bad the average player is. A good chunk of the playerbase even at cap is at the "eating crayons" level.

Folanlron · Jul 20, 2021

Past few Duty Roulette Trials, I've been literally teaching Diamond/E12/E11 and Ruby weapon fights.. it has been so freaking weird.

Chysamere · Jul 20, 2021

I've only experienced one bad player, and it was the only group I've ditched so far. Hard mode Halitali, pulled the first half (not even a wall to wall pull) popped my defensives, set in to AOE, and the healer was only healing me for 1200. Then proceeded to tell me it was his biggest heal, and we should go one pack by one pack because it was all he could handle. Immediately ditched and briefly had pity for the next tank who was going to join his group.

Folanlron · Jul 20, 2021

1 really bad person.. who was obviously a WoW refugee bitching up a storm cause he wasn't understanding how the "snapshot" feature works in 14 ..

Everyone tried too explain too him that it's different, it doesn't work that way... still didn't listen and was booted rofl..

Neranja · Jul 20, 2021

Araxen said:
So if they eventually put up fresh servers, will there be a mad dash of people to those servers?

Yes and no. Those servers will probably go to the current datacenters, as the NA/EU ones have 8/6 servers each, while the JP ones have 11 servers each.

Since you can world travel to buy stuff on their market board (see: universalis.app) it doesn't matter for server economy. The "preferred" server status with the "road to 70" buff for new players will most likely go to those new servers, though.

Juvarisx · Jul 20, 2021

Merrith said:
Mettle increase is nice for people that haven't started yet I guess.

I tried hitting up the place last week, and I decided that a grind for a weapon i hardly use at the moment (since im still working my way back through the mountain of content) wasn't worth the time other then I was mad I couldn't get the Triple Triad cards out of Bozja quickly. This change will probably help anyone who started the game in the last few months.

Merrith · Jul 20, 2021

Juvarisx said:
I tried hitting up the place last week, and I decided that a grind for a weapon i hardly use at the moment (since im still working my way back through the mountain of content) wasn't worth the time other then I was mad I couldn't get the Triple Triad cards out of Bozja quickly. This change will probably help anyone who started the game in the last few months.

Honestly it wasn't that bad at all to begin with, especially with being able to hop over to Zadnor earlier than people who ranked up to 15 just in BSF before Zadnor was released.

Byr · Jul 20, 2021

I'll never understand the pugs hatred of sprint in this game. It seems like 50% pugs never use it at all even though it should be hotkeyed for every character.

Chris · Jul 20, 2021

Juvarisx said:
I tried hitting up the place last week, and I decided that a grind for a weapon i hardly use at the moment (since im still working my way back through the mountain of content) wasn't worth the time other then I was mad I couldn't get the Triple Triad cards out of Bozja quickly. This change will probably help anyone who started the game in the last few months.

The game is really good with alternate gearing options.

You can get 500+ weapons from gil/crafting, raids, dungeon tokens or relic grinding. That's at least 5 playstyles catered to.

Yeah the relic weapon is slightly better but it's hardly required for anything.

Malkav · Jul 20, 2021

Byr said:
I'll never understand the pugs hatred of sprint in this game. It seems like 50% pugs never use it at all even though it should be hotkeyed for every character.

Back before Stormblood using sprint in combat was actually a detriment. Melee had a ressource to manage called TP and melee skills used it. Hitting sprint drained all your TP.

Though it was 4 years ago, so yeah people should not be allergic to the button nowadays.

Grizzlebeard · Jul 20, 2021

Chris said:
The game is really good with alternate gearing options.

You can get 500+ weapons from gil/crafting, raids, dungeon tokens or relic grinding. That's at least 5 playstyles catered to.

Yeah the relic weapon is slightly better but it's hardly required for anything.

Let's be honest, unless you're a min-maxer the relic isn't worth the effort. At best it's a glamour option.

Springbok · Jul 20, 2021

Ya I'm only working on it up to the first "glow" then I'm out - my 510 AH weapon suites me just fine until the xpac.

Malkav · Jul 20, 2021

Last step of relic has always been more of a glamour chase anyway. Sure it's always BiS, but it also always releases one patch after the last raid tier, making it irrelevant.

Juvarisx · Jul 20, 2021

Ha bought 20 Gold Triple Triad packs on a larf and got Warrior of Light followed by Zidane back to back in the first 10, there goes my luck with this game for the rest of the year

Morrow · Jul 20, 2021

... said:
Hmm wonder of that is non tank mains. I only tank and I have healers fuss when I dont go balls to the wall door to door pulling

Maybe. I just get fucked either way. I've had healers yank me back when I go to pull a 2nd/3rd pack. Like it has happened multiple times. And then when I'm healing and I tag extra mobs, the tanks whine and cry and usually proceed to then pull the entire dungeon and ask "if that's enough." And I always get 0 commendations when these things happen too, as if everyone is pissed at me for wanting to do more than 1 easy pack at a time.

As a tank, I fucking love it when the dps/heals tags extra packs. That's the most efficient and fun way to do a dungeon imo. Having an assist puller and just blasting.

Byr · Jul 20, 2021

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